How to make text alignment in textview

Question

I have an app where there's a dialog which contains conditions with a button below named as "Got it". My problem is that I want the text in the TextView to be in proper alignment line by line.

code:-

 <TextView
    android:id="@+id/HeaderText"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/mainImage"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="10sp"
    android:layout_marginRight="10sp"
    android:text="*kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk"
    android:textColor="#000"
    android:textSize="16sp"/>

Image:

Possible duplicate of [How do I center text horizontally and vertically in a TextView on Android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/432037/how-do-i-center-text-horizontally-and-vertically-in-a-textview-on-android) — Ahmad Aghazadeh, Sep 09 '16 at 06:03
You can use `android:gravity="center"` or ` android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"`' — Ahmad Aghazadeh, Sep 09 '16 at 06:04
A TextView doesn't know the difference between `*` and `k`. It only cares that all characters are properly displayed according to the view configuration. It will always put the 1st character on a new line right below the first character on the previous line, hence `k` will always be below `*` in this case. — ebarrenechea, Sep 11 '16 at 14:16

Android Geek · Answer 1 · 2016-09-09T06:12:43.510

Try below code......

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/HeaderText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/mainImage"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"
        android:text="*kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk"
        android:textColor="#000"
        android:textSize="16sp" />

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '16 at 06:10

0

You can try a combination as :

android:gravity="left|center"

answered Sep 09 '16 at 06:10

How to make text alignment in textview

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